Identity and Environmental Action Laboratory

Projects supervised by Prof. Rakefet Sela-Sheffy

PhD dissertations

Noam Zaradez 2020. Environmental Education Manpower in Israel – Between Formal and Informal frameworks (with Prof. Tali Tal, the Department of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion). (The Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University).

Idit Alhasid (Submitted, May 2022). On Waste and Identity in Southern Israel: How the Regulated Disposal of Household Waste is Linked to Local Identity. Test Case: Communities Affiliated to the Local Council of Yerucham and the Regional Council of Ramat HaNegev. (The Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University).

Yifat Moas (Submitted, June 2022). Dynamics of Protest and Collective Identity: The Case of the New Mizrahi Movement in Israel. (The Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University).

Hadas Bashan (In progress, a pre-doctoral thesis). Local Authorities in Israel and the Promotion of Sustainable Behavior: The Link Between the Culture Tools of Officials in Local Authorities and the Adoption of Environmental Agendas (tentative title). (The Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University).

MA theses

At The Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University

Lara Paran 2011. Dynamics of Local Environmental Struggle: Structural and Cultural Aspects. (with Prof. Isaak Omer, The Department of Geography and the Human Environment)

Noam Zaradez 2011. Professional Identity of Environmental School Teachers in Israel

Keren Yavetz 2012. Enchanted by the Garden: Women Leading Community Gardens Activity in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. (with Prof. Tovi Fenster, The Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University)

Elana Erez 2014. Examination of Processes of Public Participation in Declaring Biospheric Spaces (with Dr. Uri Sheines, Oranim college & Haifa University).

Idit Alhasid 2014. Changes of recycling habits as related to local communities’ identities: South Tel Aviv Communities as cases in point.

Mor Shavsha 2017. “Not going back in time and not like anybody else”: Characteristics of second-hand clothing consumption in Israel, aspects of identity and their connection to pro-environmental attitudes. (with Prof. Tal Catz-Gerro, Anthropology, Haifa University)

Shahar Shiloah 2018. Not Tree Huggers – Environmental Identity and Activity in a Kibbutz in Jezreel Valley. (with Dr. Ina Lakin, Sociology, The Open University Israel).

Liat Daudi 2019. Orthodox Women’s Identities and Environmental Attitudes. (with Dr. Daniel Mishori, Porter School of Cultural Studies)

Hila Lernau (in progress). Climate Change Education (CCE) in Israel and Youth Engagement in Climate Change Protest Movement (tentative title). (with Dr. Iris Elkaher, The Kubbutzim Seminar)